Directing
Barbara Kopple
- Titles
- 43movies9TV shows
- Career
Active from 1976 to 2026, busiest in 1993 with 3 main titles.
- Directed
- 36titles as director
- Average score
68/100
- Highest rated
Homicide: Life on the Street89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.2average 2.6
- Politics6.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary8.3average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism6.3average 3.3
- Biographical3.7average 0.9
- Crime5.7average 3.7
- Pathos6.9average 5.2
- Melancholy6.1average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Romance2.1, average 3.8
- Physical Comedy0.9, average 2.5
- Situational Comedy1.2, average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor0.7, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Documentary 3
- Social Commentary 3
- 1970s America 2
- Social Issues 2
- Social Justice 2
- Class Struggle 2
- Moral Ambiguity 2
- Thought-Provoking 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- GGary Keith GriffinCinematographerThis Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, The House of Steinbrenner, Gun Fight, Gumbo Coalition, Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation, +2 more
Bob EisenhardtEditorDixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, A Conversation with Gregory Peck, The House of Steinbrenner, Bearing Witness, Gun Fight, +1 more- RRob KuhnsEditorGumbo Coalition, A Murder in Mansfield, Killing the Colorado, New Homeland
- MMichael CulybaEditorDixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Running from Crazy, Woodstock: Now & Then
- TThomas HanekeEditorThe House of Steinbrenner, American Dream, My Generation
- LLawrence SilkEditorThe Hamptons, Wild Man Blues, American Dream
- BBill DavisEditorBeyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy, Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson, Out of Darkness: The Mine Workers' Story
Joel GoodmanComposerBearing Witness, Gun Fight, Running from Crazy
Jean TsienEditorThe Hamptons, Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, Miss Sharon Jones!- AAnne FrattoEditorThis Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous, Miss Sharon Jones!, Killing the Colorado
Cecilia PeckActorDixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, A Conversation with Gregory Peck- KKevin KeatingCinematographerHarlan County U.S.A., American Dream
Movies and TV shows
27Upcoming
1 title
Secrets of Llewellyn Park
Producer
2020s
2 titles
Union Town (2026)
Director, Producer
Gumbo Coalition (2022)
Producer, Director
2010s
11 titles · average score 62
70
Desert One (2019)
Producer, Director
68
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black (2018)
Producer, Director
New Homeland (2018)
Producer, Director
58
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (2017)
Producer, Director
67
A Murder in Mansfield (2017)
Director, Executive Producer
Borderline (2016)
Executive Producer
Hot Type: 150 Years of The Nation (2015)
Director, Producer
50
Running from Crazy (2013)
Producer, Director
Running Wild: One Man's Quest to Save the Wild Mustang (2013)
Executive Producer
Gun Fight (2011)
Producer, Director
59
The House of Steinbrenner (2010)
Director, Writer
2000s
6 titles · average score 62
Woodstock: Now & Then (2009)
Producer, Director
The D.C. Sniper's Wife (2008)
Producer, Director
70
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)
Director, Producer
54
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004)
Executive Producer
The Hamptons (2002)
Director, Producer
My Generation (2000)
Director, Producer
1990s
4 titles · average score 69
77
A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
Director, Producer
60
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
Director, Producer
72
Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson (1993)
Director, Producer
69
American Dream (1990)
Director, Producer
1980s
1 title
Keeping On (1983)
Executive Producer, Director
1970s
2 titles · average score 88
84
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Sound, Director
92
Winter Soldier (1972)
Editor, Sound Mixer